Located on Commercial Drive in the heart of East Van, on the ancestral, traditional, unceded lands of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ peoples.
In person and online sessions available. E-mail: counsellinghome.ca@gmail.com
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My Approach
I aim to support clients in deepening awareness of emotions and experiences—especially those rooted in trauma—with the aim of fostering greater flexibility, self-understanding, and self-compassion. I draw on mindfulness practices, body-based awareness, and an attuned understanding of the nervous system to support this process.
Therapy with me is not always linear. But it is always collaborative. My hope is that in collaboration with clients, we can create something honest — a therapeutic environment that helps you reconnect with your strength, your voice, and your capacity to keep going.
Parenting Support
I support parents in becoming powerful agents of healing and connection in their children’s lives. Grounded in Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) and a developmental, attachment-informed lens, I support parents and caregivers to understand and respond to the emotional needs beneath behaviours—especially when children or teens are struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma and emotion regulation difficulties.
Drawing from Dan Siegel’s interpersonal neurobiology, I help parents deepen their attunement, strengthen connection, and build emotional resilience—both in their children and in themselves. Together, we work to expand compassion, increase flexibility, and transform reactive patterns into more grounded, intentional responses. My approach is collaborative, non-blaming, and centred on supporting nervous system regulation—for both parent and child—so families can reconnect with safety, trust, and possibility.
Individual and Relationship Counselling
I take a similar relational and emotion-focused approach when working with couples, relationships, and individuals. Whether exploring dynamics between partners or the relationship one holds with one’s own younger self, I support clients with creating safety, understanding their emotional needs, and repairing ruptures with empathy. In couples and relationship counselling, I help clients recognize and soften protective patterns so they can move toward each other with openness, vulnerability and greater understanding. In inner child work, I help individuals bring the same compassion and curiosity inward—reconnecting with unmet needs, healing early wounds, and cultivating a sense of coming home to oneself.
Across all contexts—parenting, relationships, or personal healing—my focus remains on restoring connection: within oneself, between loved ones, and across generations.
Welcome to my practice.
My work is wrapped and shaped by a trauma-informed, feminist, and anti-oppressive lens. I understand that mental health doesn’t exist in a vacuum — and that systems of power, identity, and social context shape how we survive, cope, and connect. I believe we are not meant to face life’s hardest moments alone. We’re wired for connection — and therapy, at its best, is one of those spaces where connection can start to feel possible again.
I gratefully acknowledge that I live, work and play on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Outside the therapy room, I’m a mother of three, so I know firsthand the joy, chaos, and vulnerability that come with parenting, relationships and family life. My lived experience continues to shape and deepen the way I show up for others.
